Body-suspended bag or case



L. SEILER.

BODY SUSPENDED BAG OR CASE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB 25., 192].

Patented May 16, 1922.

LOUIS SEILER, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

, BODY-SUSPENDED BAG- OR CASE.

Application filed February To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS SEILER, citizen of the'United States, residing at Baltimore,

Bags or Cases, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in a body suspended bag or case.

It, is an object of the invention to provide a bag of a compact formation which may be suspended from the body and is formed with a pluralityof ockets of different sizes and located at difi rent places in the bag for carrying various articles and permitting access to be readily had to any of said pockets.

The invention more particularly comprises a bag wherein the layers of material from which the bag is formed are arranged upon one another in a manner to provide in the bag'a number of individual pockets, each having separate closures and accessible from I different points of the bag.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of the bag. Figure 2 is a section on the line 22 of Figure 1. Figure .3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Figure 1; and Figure 4 is a sectional view on line 44 of Figure 1.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings wherein like reference characters indicate corresponding parts, the numeral 1 designates a suspension belt or the like, having a suitable buckle at one end and ada ted to pass around the body of the user. arried by this belt, are supporting straps 2 ejecting therefrom and attached to the com partment bag 3.

' This bag is preferably composed of a base or rear layer 4 extending the full length thereof and constructed of any suitable fabric, rubber, or the like. Attached to the upperend of the rear layer 4 is a strip of fabric, the same being stitched along the lines 5 and 6,'and receiving therebetween the I suspending straps 2. The line of stitching 5 forms a hinge for the flap 7 of the strip, which flap is provided with fastening devices 8 for a purpose which will later appear. I

There is also attached to the rear layer 4 i a relatively long intermediate-strip or layer 9 stitched thereto by a line of stitching 10 Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Ma 16 192.2

25, 1921. Serial No. 447,814.

the bag or up to the transverse row of stitching 5 which unites the strip to the-bag. The strips of flexible material 4 and 9 provide therebetween an elongated pocket adapted to receive bags or other large articles'. Within this pocket there is stitched strips of flexible material 11 preferably of chamo-is, or the like, adapted to be closed by closures 12 and constituting jewelry pockets for receiving valuable articles of the user. These pockets are relatively smaller and do not take up much of the rdom formedin the pocket 13 which is produced by the strips 4 and 9.

Another intermediate fold of flexible material 14 is likewise stitched by the stitching 10 to the rear fold 4, and the fold 9 of the bag, its strip 14 being somewhat shorter than the strip 9 and having its upper end entirely disconnected therefrom to provide a pocket 15 adapted to be closed b the hook H ful for many purposes where it is desired to carry smaller articles and may be closed by the hook and eye connection 16 hereinbefore described.

-Mounted upon the strip 14 is an outer flap or strip 17, which constitutes a portion of the outer surface of the bag and is'uni-ted to the other strips thereof by the stitching 16. This strip is relatively short in length and provides an outer pocket 18 of a comparatively small capacity receiving such articles which it is preferable to deposit within a small bag of this character. The strip 17 is of course disconnected from its upper end of the other strips of the bag, but to provide a closure for the pocket 18 formed by this strip I attach to the upper portion of the bag a fold of material 19, the same being secured along its upper end to the fold 9 by the lateral rows of stitchings 20 and 21, the cross stitchings 21, and the stitching 22 along the sides thereof providing a support for the flap 19 to permit the lower end 22 thereof to be raised and lowered to permit access to be hadto the pockets 15 and 18. The lower 7 end 22 of this flapis provided with hooks and eyes 23 for Elosing the pockets to pre-' vent accidental displacement of the contents thereof.

From the foregoing it will be appreciated that by a novel arrangement of the flaps of. the bag I am enabled to provide in a bag 55 passing entirely-around the bag, this strip 9 occupying little space a plurality of pockets projecting substantially the full length of particularly fashioned for the reception of various articles which will be appropriately.

received by said pockets. It will also be ap'-. preciated that all the pockets are provided with closures so as to prevent the accidental displacement of the contents thereof and such closures are permanently united to the bag in an eficient manner. While I have defined the material from which the bag is composed as consisting of cloth, rubber or the like, other fabrics or flexible material may be used Without departing from'the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

' A compartment bag comprising an elongated flexible base 4:, of flexible flaps 9, 14

and 17 respectively stitched to the base one upon the other said flaps being of progressively decreasing length and unstitched along the upper ends thereof to form in the bag a plurality of independent diiferently sized pockets 13,15 and 18,a strip 11 secured to the base 4: at the upper end thereof and forming in the large pocket. of the bag a small pocket at the upper end thereof,- a flap 12 stitched to the base for enclosing the open endof said small pocket, a flap 7 stitched to the base and forming a closure for the large pocket of the bag, and a closure 19 adapted to be stitched to the base for closing the pocketsformed by the flaps let and 17.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

LOUIS SEILER. 

